(1) Subject to subregulation (2), this regulation applies to a person appointed as a DAO who ceases to be a medical practitioner or specialist ophthalmologist.
(2) This regulation does not apply to a person who is registered or licensed as a medical practitioner in a country other than Australia and registered as a medical practitioner in a State or Territory of Australia if he or she ceases to be registered or licensed as a medical practitioner in the other country.
(3) The person's appointment is taken to be cancelled:
(a) at the time he or she ceases to be a specialist ophthalmologist; or
(b) if he or she ceases to be registered or licensed as a medical practitioner--at the time he or she so ceases.